Rock Valley to Host 75th Anniversary Fair Dates
The Commercial club set August 30 31 for the 75th anniversary celebration with Royal United Shows offering free acts rides and concessions. Mr and Mrs Dick Van Maanen may win half the prizes in Rock Valley s baby contest their daughter born June 2 1955 at 3 23 am weighing eight pounds eleven ounces. Dr Gerrit Matis 72 of Sioux City founder and former Hull hospital president died Sunday after six weeks illness. Bradley Bauman Susan Taman n and Lorna Meerdink left Sunday for Cedar Falls to study at Town State Teachers college after vacation at parental hares.
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Royal United
Dick van Maanen
Rock Valley
Gerrit Matis
Sioux City
Hull Hospital
Hull
Bradley Bauman
Susan Tamann
Lorna Meerdink
Cedar Falls
Town State Teachers College
Rock Valley Dry Cleaning plant mishap injures manager
Mrs Emory Suler, manager at Rock Valley Dry Cleaning, suffered burns to her arm and body Tuesday when a bail er malfunction caused hot steam to strike her. The article notes related local social items and a sports night planned by the BTA with a tumbling act from Mcs Evelyn Warberg and a basketball game between the wars and the loans.
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Emory Suler
Rock Valley
BTA
Sam Ver Hoef
Lonnie Lewis
5. Meerdink
C. J. Schroeder
John Gorzeman
J. A. Vander Ploeg
Evelyn Warberg
Primghar Rock Valley Basketball Game At Local High School
Thirty years ago Primghar and Rock Valley high schools scheduled a Saturday night basketball game in the local high school building. Reserved seats cost 26 cents. W. Be Klein of Doon visited town for business. Tom Cullinan, John Cullinan, and Will Keegan left for Sioux City for college. Miss Floy Akin traveled to Northwood to lead the primary department.
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Primghar
Rock Valley
W. Be, Klein of
Doon
Tom
John Cullinan
Will Keegan
Sioux City
Business
Floy Akin
Northwood
Bank Receiver James M Murphy Weds Ruby Richard
Gladys and Hazel Benson with Hattie De Jong and Rena Kosters attended a luncheon hosted by Hilda Miller in Hawarden Rock Valley residents noted. James M Murphy the First National bank Rock Valley receiver married Christmas Day in Knoxville. He has led the bank’s receivership for months and is praised for his genial disposition.
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Gladys
Hazel Benson
Hawarden
Hattie de Jong
Rena Kosters
Rock Valley
Hilda Miller
James M. Murphy
First National Bank of
Ruby Richard
Knoxville
Masonic and Eastern Star Hold Joint Installation
The Masonic and Eastern Star Lodges conducted a joint installation in the LO.CLY. hall on Monday night. Officers installed include C. W. Jacobs W. B. Hansen Ed Schmidt L. B. Long William Vander Steuwe Dr A L Lock Dr A L Holelling H Hollenbeck for the Masons and Irs Lock Miss Irene Long Mes Suter Mrs Alberta Schmidt and Mrs Bessie Jacobs for the Star. The first semester ends next week at the public school and the State Normal Training examination will be held then. Friends surprised Miss Florence Walpole Monday evening before she left for Cedar Falls to continue her studies.
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Masonic and
Eastern Star Lodges
Lo.cly. Hall
C. W. Jacobs
W. B. Hansen
Ed Schmidt
L. B. Long
William Vander Steuwe
AL. Lock
A. L. Holelling
H. Hollenbeck
Star
Irs Lock
Irene Long
Mes Suter
Alberta Schmidt
Bessie Jacobs
Florence Walpole
Cedar Falls
Hospital admissions and births in Orange City and area
Hospital activity lists admissions and discharges in several towns. Kate Van Marel of Orange City was admitted the 20th and discharged the 24th. Others admitted include Mrs Lewis Van Batavia on the 21st Loren Dale Broek of Sioux Center on the 22nd and dismissed the 23rd Karen Boterhoek of Sheldon on the 22nd discharged the 25th André W Uibma Hull admitted on the 24th and Joyca Bloemendaal noted as a daughter or child reference.
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Kate van Marel
Orange City
Lewis van Batavia
Hall
Loren Dale Broek
David
Sioux Center
Karen Boterhoek
Henry, Sheldon
Burdell Klaassen
Brenda Jean
Harvard Sneller
Arlis Welen
Andréw Uibma
Hull
Joyca Bloemendaal
Unclear Admission Note Mentions Eilert and Sioux Center
A fragment notes Eilert admitted on the 26th and Joyce from Sioux Center, but details are incomplete and no further context is provided.
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Eilert
Joyce
Sioux Center
New Cars in Sioux Center Listing Names
Local car dealers list includes Elmer Mass and Dick Bleyenberg of Sioux Center with Pontiac and Chevrolet offerings. John H. Den Herder also appears among Sioux Center buyers and sellers in a brief classified-style notice.
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Elmer Mass
Sioux Center
Pontiac
Dick Bleyenberg
Chevrolet
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Alexandria
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Admiral TV
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